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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, THURSDAY MOPXINC, AUGUST 28, 1913
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Robert Burton.
A Departure in Government
The pr, .p : al t Uovcrnor Hunt before tlie eon
1'. ieic . . r" governors at Denver lor a change in tile
state government possesses tne ciuiin 01
which should consist only of the governor
cabinet, a small family affair. We have,
heard before of suggestions for the aboli-
t..rm o:
no ,-lt s-.
and his
ho V. e el'
ti..,n ,.r tl,- legislature-, but they have always been
made either humorously or, seriously, when they
have been inspire. 1 bv some spe. ifie act of legisla.
tie crookedness or s t ' i p i d i t y . We do not think that
tlie go-. ,-rnor has given his proposal sufficient con
: i.J.-ra t i. 11 i r study.
nee has tjiiight that there must be- a
of the executive and the legislative
f L'-.V!in:n.-r,t; that while they should In'
tne should be iudt pendent of eicli
h must serve as a check upon the other,
into! that popular rule, such as we- have.
; sufficient cluck upon such a compact
as has been proposed. But the Ce.-ndl-state
are so complex, that the applica
ble, k Would be difficult ami slow. In
K.pel i.
separatum
1 ram iw-s
hara.. :. ou
othef. Kat
It may ! e
would i.e a
V', i V el ll!i letl t
lions 111 tlie
of the
the end it would only result in a correction of the
;!!, for which it Would be applied while the present
.-vste-m is designed to prevent them.
e do n.,t Know whether fo.veinor Hunt's p'.an
contemplates the untrammelod selection !' the cab
inet by the. governor, or the election of the mem
bers of tiie cabinet by the people. If the former, the
p'.an is wholly unnatural and reversed. While we
(in not believe it v.ould be applicable to the com
plex affairs of the slate, with its diversified and
often conflicting interests, it would be more nat
ural to elect the meaibers of the cabinet, a legisla
te e body, to translate the will of the people, giv
ing to the cabinet the power of appointing all of the
officers of the executive branch of tin- govern
ment. That would be in effect the commission
torm, which is the best form for cities where any
poiicy adopted by the government affects all alike.
We- are not sure whether the governor by the
use of the word "cabinet" intended that the mem
bers of it should lie also the heads of the various
departments, filling the offices of secretary of state,
treasurer, auditor, etc. If so, we would have this
situation: the cabinet and the governor making iaws
tor the regulation of their own conduct, the de
struction of a natural and necessary line of cleav
age. Nothing- herein is to be construed as a defense
of the present system. We would favor the appli
catioii of tlie short ballot, not only to stale, but
county government, a reduction in the number of
elective offices ami commissions, making- them appointive.
Municipal Reform
Springl ield, O, by a vote of almost three to
one, his adopted the commission form of govern
ment with the city manager plan, following the ex
ample of Dayton. Similar charters are pen. ling in
other hi towns. In two, Youngstown and Kl
m riu, they have been defeated by the activity of the
politicians. Cleveland lias prepared a charter which.
Hi-nigh different from those of the smaller cities,
provides for an exceedingly short ballot, leaving the
responsibility for good government in tlie fewest
possible hands and eliminating party politics.
The municipal reformation which is going on In
Ohio is not a sudden epidemic or fad, but tlie earliest
possible reformation since the breaking of the bonds
which held municipalities to the ancient spoils sys
tem. As soon as the home rule amendment to the
state constitution was adopted the more progressive
cities at once took measures to avail themselves, of
their freedom.
In the neighboring state of Pennsylvania, there
was a similar expression of a desire for better gov
ernment, on the passage last April by the legisla
ture of the Clark commission government bill for
which the Dengue of Third-Class Cities had been
working for years without encouragement. The new
law, which allows the cities to adopt the commis
sion form with or without the city manager plan,
and to adopt the plan at any time, will be in effect
in twenty-eight cities, including every large one with
the exception of Philadelphia. Pittsburg and Scran
ton. Among the cities which now have the com
mission form are Beading, with a population of
HG.oTl; Wilkes-Bar re, C7,lu5; Krie, CC,5-.r, and Har
risburg, tit, IS!. Tlie new form of government in
these twenty-eight cities will become effective on
January 1 of next year.
Why didr:ft that late star boarder at Mattenwan
come to Arizona and Thaw out? He would then be
free instead of being frozen up in a cold Canadian
jail.
Mary Garden's star has set. Since the diaphan
ous or X-Ray skirt has come, people simply will
not put up good money to go to the theater to be
shocked.
Arizona's School of Mines
The subject of mining lias always) been a fore.
rnost one in the I'niversity of Arizona, and com
petent engineers and experts who have succeeded
in different parts of the world have been grad
uated. The university in its early years was
fortunate in securing the services of Professor w. p.
Blake, a geologist c.f international reputation. He
quickly gave the milling department of the univer
sity a standing which it would have taken years
to aojuiie under a man, however competent, who
would have been less widely knovyn.
I'nder the presidency of Dr. Wilde, during the
last two years or more, the subject of mining has
not been allowed to lag. but, on the contrary, it has
been energetically advanced along with every other
department of the university until now it is stronger
than ever, and that department is one of the best
equipped schools of mines in the country. What it
is doing is briefly set forth in the following letter
Iri.m Dr. Wilde to The Republican:
"1 was much interested in your editorial of
August 1 r, on 'Tlie I 'so of the Microscope in .Min
ing.' The microscope is every year coming into
greater use in m ine-ra logioa 1 studies. Quite fre
quently mining engineer.--, come to ur labointories at
the I'niversity of Arizona to use our microscopical
equipment. The university has a thoroughly modern
mineialogical equipment, so that a recent visitor,
who had inspected a number of laboratories at other
uu i v ei-si t ies, said he had found none superior I ours.
"Our mining iabi.rat.u-y has added t h is yea i a In u t
$9,uo0 in new equipment, and a new professor has
been called to the staff. The I'niversity of Arizona
intends to give a mining course commensurate with
the importance of minim- in the slate What we
try to do at all We aim to do well a policy we be
lieve will entitle us ti
.ens of tlie state."
tin
confidence of the citi-
A Man in the Market
It pays a man to learn to .1 a thing well and
slick to it. I'r;tnk Wiggins has been secretary of the
J .os Angeles chamber of commerce for twanty-one
years and he is the best known secretary in the
country. lie has accomplished much more than
any other and he has made the chamber the most
effective commercial body in the whole country.
Mr. Wiggins has been on the job all the time and
he has never loitered upon it. lie has alwavs been
doing something for Bos Angeles, and, inevitably, tu
bas h-en doing something for Mr. Wiggins. He has
been building up a reputation.
Xow, the Sacramento Valley Coir association
wants him and has offered him $ 1 ,,mm a vear under
a thr.e-year contract. It needs him to help get
ready for the Pana ma - Pacific exposition and to
represent it there. The association has a half mil
lion dollars to be spent, and it believes that Mr
Wiggins is worth $lT.,oiNt ;l year as a spender.
W'e do not ktiow how much more a year that is
than the present salary of the secretary, but we
know that Bus Angeles cannot afford not to maJe
up whatever difference there may be and it will
probably do so. Wigginses are not to be plucked off
the bu.- h every day. They do not grow as thick
as blackberries.
"WOMEN AND LOGIC."
(Bdvvard K. Hale, in the August number of The
North American Review.)
Of course, in such a study, one may be de
layed at the very outset by all sorts of minor
inquiries, such as What do you mean by being
logical? What is Bogie? and the like. I shall
not slop for such views, for if I do, we should never
get itart.d. Or at any rale, J shall stop for nly
oiie prior consideration, namely this, that it tnav
well be that most women are illogical, for most
ment are .... of course the word "logical," as
used in common speech, often means that we are
thinking of something argumentative. We speak
of a .logical reason, demonstration, inference, or
something of the sort. That does not mean the
logic of the schools, but any kind of correct rea
soning, whether based on common-sense or on any
thing else. Such uses, however, would probably
hold a minor place in our thinking and speaking
of things as logical. We should find, could we
count up cases, that we more often use tlie words
logic or logical in a different way. We more often
s-peak of a logical order or development or sequence
or outcome or something of that sort. We might
upeak of a logical result or a logical line of con
duct, or we might speak of the logic of history
or the logic- of fact, where evidently there is no
immediate connection with , argument . . . .One
could go on and without much difficulty collect
many examples of people, particularly women, say
ing that such and such things were logical and
then doing somethings else, and thus showing
either that they had no care for logical action or,
which is more likely, that they were really governed
by a logic very different from what they com
monly thought of as logic-. This last is the most
likely. People in their actions are governed by
all sorts of motives and very often ly motives or
causes which they themselves know nothing about.
So they very often seem to act for reasons very
different from the true ones, or they often act
apparently f.or no reason at all.
ROAD- AND STREET TO BE ONE
A plan is announced for the immediate improve
ment of city streets that connec t state roads, and it
is said thai city and county officials may co-operate
in order to extend the through route system.
There can be no doubt that the idea is tin ex
cellent one, that there is pressing need of the pro
posed work. In making most of the drives out of
the city it is necessary, .as it always has been, to
pick a way. The choice is between one array of
chug holes and another.
Kveii a few fine thoroughfares would afford
great relief, and it should lie a matter of pride with
the authorities to grant that relief as early as pos
sible. I'or in respee-t to such improvements we are
behind the times, behind other cities and counties
that are far inferior in numbers and wealth. If our
officials, both city and county, could see what has
been accomplished by the city of Oakland and the
county of Alameda in California they would catch
the point quickly. Not only does a magnificent
boulevard lead out to the country from the city,
but the county roads are superb. They are splen
didly made and kept in fine? re-pair, and during the
dry season they are regularly watered to lay the
dust.
THE REAL ORIGIN OF "BLACKGUARD"
The Board of Green Cloth is responsible for
inventing "blackguard," a word that has altered in
original meaning. When first used it was not at.
all a term of reproach, but referreel to the lowly
but honorable occupation of carrying coal in the
king's palace. Can you find any other bad wonl
in the Knglish language that caji boast of such a
royal origin? London Chronicle.
MARITAL UNHAPPINESS, WOUNDED PRIDE
AND JEALOUSY CAUSE GEORGIA TRAGEDY
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Judge Godbee and Mrs. Florence Godbee, and jail where Mrs. Edna
(Jodbee is conlined.
Bitterness and animosity, engendered by marital unhappiness, and
followed by a final separation; litigation over property which was
eventually vested in the man, although it belonged originally to the
woman; charges and counter accusations in divorce proceedings, and
a spectacular "legal battle over the custody of a fourteen-year-old girl,
coupled with wounded pride and jealousy, are ascribed as the real mo
tives for the killing in tli lobby of the postoffice at Millen, Ga., by Mrs.
Edna M. Godbee of her former husband. Judge Walter G. Godbee, and
the infliction at the same time of probably fatal wounds on Mrs. Flor
ence Godbee. tlie last wife of the slain man.
Mrs. Edna Godbee is now being held at the Millen jail without
bail. Her trial will occur in the near future.
The Pessimist
BY HOWARD L. RANN
Appetizing Man
By WALT MASON
The pessimist is a dejected mortal who is con
tinually rising to a point of order in the mourn
ful and lugubrious acce-nts of the- amateur under
taker. A natural born pessimist, one- whose soul
is in his we.rk. is one of t tie most d i.-1 re-ssi ng
sights in the Knglish language. He can scatter
more crepe de ehie-n gloom and whole-souled
melancholy in an assembly of brig, t -faced citizen
than a In pe-r cent advnrn-e in the price- of butter.
The pessimist is .""never satisfied with anything ex
cept some- fore-cast of impe-nding e-v il, which he is
able to detect with the- naked eve- at a great dis
tance from the scene of action. Just now the
baleful look of the pessimist is cast upon the
crops. It is too dry for tin- coin, too wet for
the oats, too cold for the fruit, too hot for th 1
hay, anil too late for e-va-rything e-xeept a season
of prayer. We. ne-ve-r saw a genuine, strawbeirv-marke-d
pessimist in our life- who didn't prophesy
that somebody would fall into the- cistern and break
a leg or two before the bell rang for prayer meet
ing. When the- m-w minister come-s to town the-pe-ssimist
goes to hear him once and then prophec
ies that he won't last six months. If tlie- minister
receives an encore at the end of the conference
year, the pessimist says it is because the congre
gation is too c-hue-kle-headed to tell the- IVntat eu h
from the c-oncorda nee. If somebody tries to resur-lee-t
the village by organizing a Monster's club, the
pessimist wiil proo-ed to excite- the tight -wad ele
ment by dismal remarks about the- high rate of
taxation. If the- Ce-mete-ry association gives a din
ner for the benefit f the I, awn .Mowers' union,
tlie pessimist will make some- bitter references to
p.-ople' who waste- their substance- in riotous living.
If the pessimist should look upon the- bright side
of anything once or get a glimpse- of the silver
lining ef the cloud, he would be blinded for life.
The best treatment for the confirme-d pessimist is
to place him te-te-a-tete with your deaf ear early
in the; conversation.
Although I'm full of nicot ine I've smoked to-liace-o
till I'm gree-n the bugs all seem to like
me; they camp upon my shapely frame and dili
gently play their game wherever they may strike
me. The flies will travel round a block to tide
upon me when I walk and gambol on my person;
and on that pe-rson they abide and try to till mv
shrinking hide, regardless of my cursin'. And
when the shades of evening come the blamed
mosuioes round me hum, and roost upon my
galways; I try to drive- the brutes away, but
lovingly they seem to say, "We'll stay right with
you, always." I wonder why I taste so fine that
all the inse-cts want to dine upon me, sorro-.v
laden? If I vv.re sk.etcr, fly or bug, I'd see
that all my wells were ilug upon some tender
maiden. I seek the svlvan neighborhoods, the
shady, silent, sloughing woods, to dodge the solar
rit-'oi-s; but there's no peace or comfort there; I'm
piunged in trouble and despair I'm eaten up by
c -bigger.-:. The wasp around me flies in rings,
I I.e liorne t saves his hottest stings to jar me
and -onfoim m.-: I wish my frame were made of
wood! I wish I didn't taste so good, when all the
bugs an- round me!
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THE WISEST SAYINGS OF THE WISEST MEN
Tlie ministers of Chicago were asked reeently
by The Tribune- to compile what they considered
the ten wisest sayings e.f King Solomon. The vote
in tlie order named was for the following ten
proverbs.
He that is shnv to anger is be-tte-r than
mighty; and he that ruhlh his spirit that
that taketh a city. Proverbs C:P,2.
a., in Hie ant. thou sluggard; consider
ways, and be wise. Prove rbs :;
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging;
and whosoever is deceived thereby is not vvis.
Proverbs 20:1.
A soft answer tnrneth away wrath; hut griev
ous words stir up anger. Proverbs 1T.:1.
There are three things which are toe wonder
ful for me, yea four; which I know not: The way
ef an eagle in tlie air; the way e.f a serpent upon
a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the so,.;
and the way of a man with a maid. Proverbs
30:18. P).
Train up a child in the wav- he should go;
and when he is ejld, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22 : C.
A gooel name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favor rather than silver anel
gold. Proverbs 22:1.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruc
tion. Proverbs 1:7.
Righteousness exalteth a nation; but
reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34.
Trust in the Lord wilh all thine heart
lean nejt unto thine
Proverbs 3.5.
EUROPE IS OUT FOR THE MONEY
Milton Aborii, who with his brother, will direct
the destinies of tlie new Century Opera company m
New York, tells tin- tale e.f his first ICuropean ad
venture as an impresario, though lie has followed
the business 'in a moelest way at home for a gooJ
m.iny years. Ilis press sheet says:
.Most ..f the teachers and agents in Kurope are
out for the great Amcriian dollar, and their love
for lhe-ir art is expressed in marks, florins and
Iran. s. A meeliocie singer can obtain a single
performance in one of the foremost opera houses
if he can and will pay a thousand dollars or so to
a parasite called an agent who has some under
ground connection with thd management.
On the othe-r hand, a really great artist has
a long and almost hopeless struggle? unless he nas
a lot of money with which to buy his way to a
proper hearing.
There are agents who will give a young singer
or musician a concert appearance for a state.l
sum, furnishing the audience, the claque and the
criticisms for various additional payments. On
every hand there are teachers promoting ordinary
sing.is who hopes are kept at a high pitch by
predictions of operatic triumphs to come. The
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no talent.
MISPLACED "WORRY"
I.jOS Angeles is worried ove- the fact that Kan
sas lias had no rain in forty days. The drought
each season lasts longer than that in California.
When it rains they have a holiday and everyone
throws confetti and hangs around the postoffice until
10 o'clock. Detroit News.
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